"My team is sliding in the standings, so my only recourse is to crow about last season."

Translation...horrible assumption that I'm a fan of the Celtics...

Anti Laker! Thats for damn sure, I'll lay the smack down on all the Lakers fans that I see daily...especially those who have their car flags up 2 minutes after the xmas day win over Boston. Acting like they won the Larry O'Brien trophy. I bet you own a car flag or 4.

Speaking of sliding....Kobe tonight, thinking the game was over, jumping up and down like he hit the game winner with 12 seconds still on the clock, then pouts and whines after Fisher gives up the go ahead AND 1. Your Lakers are over rated and will not win a championship until you get players that have balls Not P USSYS!

Is it?? You tell me how the Lakers frontcourt plays against bigger stronger players? Pau folds up, Bynum gets into foul trouble. and Kobe takes 30+ shots...Thats not a formula to win games...example...LAST NIGHT against Orlando.

Like I said - you obviously don't follow the NBA (or watch many Lakers games) if you're trying to suggest that last night's Orlando game was a typical game for the Lakers (insofar as you conveniently omit any mention of how the Lakers' front court has played against the Celtics, the Rockets, the Suns, and other teams with "bigger, stronger players.")

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Originally Posted by TheManeMan

I have the league pass for the NBA, and watch 4-5 games daily. Where as I bet you only tune into the Lakers in the 2nd half...just like the rest of LA...

Typical generic, weak Laker hater smack we hear all the time (on a par with brilliant claims like "Al Gore invented the Internet.")

More proof that you don't watch games - had you watched that Orlando game you mentioned you would have seen that Staples Center was rocking!

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Originally Posted by TheManeMan

Oh and as for the standings...ITS ONLY JANUARY! Standings don't mean anything until the first 2 weeks of April!

But you just finished arguing that the Lakers were "overrated."

What are you going to do for act two? Tell us that the Lakers have the highest scoring offense in the NBA and have had the best record in the league because of help from the refs or some sort of conspiracy?

Your opinions are clearly informed by blind hatred rather than facts (as you would be hard pressed to find any serious basketball analyst who would co-sign your characterization of the Lakers.)

Like I said - you obviously don't follow the NBA (or watch many Lakers games) if you're trying to suggest that last night's Orlando game was a typical game for the Lakers (insofar as you conveniently omit any mention of how the Lakers' front court has played against the Celtics, the Rockets, the Suns, and other teams with "bigger, stronger players.")

Typical generic, weak Laker hater smack we hear all the time (on a par with brilliant claims like "Al Gore invented the Internet.")

More proof that you don't watch games - had you watched that Orlando game you mentioned you would have seen that Staples Center was rocking!

You mean all the actors/actresses in attendence were actually cheering?! I dont believe it.

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Originally Posted by L.A. BRONCOS FAN

But you just finished arguing that the Lakers were "overrated."

What are you going to do for act two? Tell us that the Lakers have the highest scoring offense in the NBA and have had the best record in the league because of help from the refs or some sort of conspiracy?

Your opinions are clearly informed by blind hatred rather than facts (as you would be hard pressed to find any serious basketball analyst who would co-sign your characterization of the Lakers.)

They are overrated, they beat up on the lousy teams in the NBA and dont match up against teams who are stronger and more physical than them. Pau and Bynum are as thin as paper! It's January, I'm not going to sit here an argue with the most thick headed person on the Mane. Being the highest scoring team in the NBA doesnt mean anything, just ask Dallas and Phoenix. But I'll tell you this much, I'll be back here the minute the Lakers get ousted in the playoffs again. You just better wish its not a 39 point blow out like their last appearance.

Can anyone imagine if somebody came on this forum talking **** about the Broncos and someone asks who he or she roots for...and the reply was The NFL?

Seriously you should change your name to TheRainMan.

I'm sorry, I didn't know I had to have a favorite team to watch a sport. I was under the impression that I could like the game, and not necessarily have a favorite team. I grew up around the game, mostly NCAA. I was always around my uncle and his teams, just grew up playing and watching.